Been a while since i (@evankrob) blogged but Phil Mui (@philmui), Vp of Google Analytics just tweeted a MAJOR announcement regarding Google's organic search.
Phil announced that all google searches will be redirected to SSL for users who are logged in to their Google accounts. Link to tweet
While this is good news on the user privacy front, he also reported that Google … [Read more...]

I wake up this morning to find myself quoted on the Freshbooks blog
and then find my boys @ Twiddy & Company got another shout out on another Google Blog here. Four links from Google, yea, I'll take it. … [Read more...]

I was up at 5am yesterday and tried to pre-order the iPhone before my morning workout with no luck (my buddy Dan highlights the universal frustration with the pre-order process here). Error after error message I slowly broke down and decided to drag my butt to the Apple store after all I needed to get my MacBook Pro battery checked anyway.
Trips to the Apple store used to be … [Read more...]

I wanted to expand on the excellent SEJ post about link building with charities. There is another method that can also help people in need and help you build links as well, Project Sponsorship. I know the debate on buying links will not end until they stop working but Matt Cutts even mentioned sponsorships as a relevant link building technique in one of his Google Webmaster … [Read more...]

As one of my many new year's resolutions I was doing some house cleaning on my sites and stumbled upon this post I wrote back in 2007 about Google's IP Exclusion tool.I think it's a topic that needs to be revisited. I've seen consistent increase in competition and CPC's across my client base for the last several years and in order to be sure costs don't increase as well, you … [Read more...]